Warner Bros Studio Albums Deluxe 180gram 5LP Box Set++

Deluxe Box Set Features Five Warner Bros. Records Studio Albums released on 180gram Vinyl With Lacquers Cut From The Original Analog Masters.

Between 1967 and 1970, the Grateful Dead recorded five studio albums for Warner Bros. Records that formed the psychedelic canon on which the band's live legend was built. The albums spotlighted the early core lineup of Jerry Garcia, Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart.

Grateful Dead and Rhino will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of 'Workingman's Dead' and 'American Beauty' with 'THE WARNER BROS. STUDIO ALBUMS,' a five-LP boxed set available on September 21. The collection contains 'The Grateful Dead' (1967), 'Workingman's Dead,' and 'American Beauty' (1970), plus the original mixes for 'Anthem Of The Sun' (1968) and 'Aoxomoxoa' (1969), available on vinyl for the first time in nearly 40 years.

The set offers detailed replicas of the original albums housed in a hard-shell case that protects and stores the music with the accompanying 12in x 12in book including unpublished photos and new liner notes by Blair Jackson. To ensure the highest degree of quality, the albums were pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI using lacquers cut from the original analog masters by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

The original mixes for 'Anthem of the Sun' and 'Aoxomoxoa' featured here for the first time since they were released went out of circulation in 1972 and 1971 respectively. Garcia and Lesh revisited 'Aoxomoxoa' two years after its release in an effort to cut through the dense mix, which was a result of the band's extensive experimenting in the studio with one of the first 16-track recorders. The overhaul changed the album's sound significantly, including the end of 'Doin' That Rag,' which originally closed with an a cappella vocal coda that was later removed.

Featured Albums

The Grateful DeadSide One1. The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) 2. Beat It On Down The Line 3. Good Morning Little School Girl 4. Cold Rain And Snow 5. Sitting On Top Of The World 6. Cream Puff War Side Two1. Morning Dew 2. New, New Minglewood Blues 3. Viola Lee Blues

Anthem Of The SunSide One1. That's It For The Other One I. Cryptical Envelopment II. Quadlibet For Tender Feet III. The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get IV. We Leave The Castle 2. New Potato Caboose 3. Born Cross-Eyed Side Two1. Alligator 2. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)